| Heading: |
Candidates: Disability |
| Question ID: |
1762589 |
| UIN: |
29278 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-02-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5313 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Zöe Franklin
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| Asking Member handle: |
zoefranklinld
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@zoefranklinld
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will take steps to establish a funding scheme to support disabled candidates for elections in England. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-11 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Correcting Member handle: |
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| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
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| Answer text: |
It is the Government’s ambition to see more disabled people in public office. The Government takes positive action to promote disabled people’s participation in public life, including protecting disabled people through the Equality Act 2010. In relation t... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |